Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs (1900)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 68
no trouble. Youmust put y^our work together so as to allow for the expan-sion and contraction which you cannot prevent. You willfind abundant examples, in alinost every house, of work The peculiarity of the wood is that the water is not simply drawn in to(ill up what we call tlie pores, as in chalk… … Laying Out the Work 53 which has spht or come apart or warped because properallowance was not made for this swelling and shrinking. Sotry to avoid these errors so common even among workmenwho should know better. For instance, if you were to put cleats on one side of adrawing-board three feet wide,…
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